1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Final
Champions Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Runners-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk
Score3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw28 (4WC)/2Q)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink.

Contents

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk. [1] [2] [3]

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor (champions)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek (second round)
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek (first round)
  6. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sébastien Lareau / Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien (second round)
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith / Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
  8. Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Semifinals Final
          
8
3 2
3
66
3
3 66
 
63 4
 
3 1  
 
66 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 67
Q
66 6Q
73 5
 
2 71 1
3 62
 
5 66 8
63 6
WC
72 7WC
4 63
Q
0 3  8
64 6
8
66 8
3 2  
3
66 
3
67 
 
63 4  
4 6  
 
3 663
77 
 
66  
6 6  
 
2 3   
66 
WC
62 6 6
2 4  
6
4 67

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5
3 4  
 
66  
76 
 
2 76 
6 4  
 
66 4  
67 
WC
2 2   
2 5  
 
66  
77 
4
6 6  
 
3 1  
7
63 6 
66 
 
3 63 7
4 74
 
6 67 
66 6
 
74 6  
67 
WC
3 3  2
4 6  
 
66  
3 5  
2
67 

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

The top three seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Chris Woodruff (qualified)
  2. Flag of South Africa.svg Robbie Koenig / Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Kowalski (qualifying competition)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Dan Kronauge / Flag of the United States.svg Alex Reichel (qualified)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Brian Eagle / Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Thomas (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Chris Woodruff
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Dan Kronauge / Flag of the United States.svg Alex Reichel

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
1 Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Woodruff 		65 6
4 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Eagle
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Thomas		664 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Eagle
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Thomas 		4 70
WC Flag of the United States.svg Randy Baldemor
Flag of the United States.svg Curt Josselyn 		4 4

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
3 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Kronauge
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Reichel 		63 6
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Robbie Koenig
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Kowalski 		4 64

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References

  1. ↑ "Past Champions". Cincinnati Open. Cincinnati . Retrieved 14 March 2024. 1996, Men's Doubles: Mark Knowles BAH, Daniel Nestor CAN
  2. ↑ "ATP Cincinnati Doubles 1996 Results". Tennis 24. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 131, 142–143. ISBN   9780002187145.
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